Sky Sports freeview switch off ?

After reading that a couple of people have had letters saying from late April their sports will be over infinity.
Does that mean the freeview switch off for SS will be then do you think?
As I'm not getting infinity, let alone multicast in my area, will I miss the end of the footie season?

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